My grandmother has been recently diagnosed with dementia and short term memory loss. It actually has been going on for awhile, but we recently got the diagnosis. I just want to know how you deal with it emotionally, it just breaks my heart and is really hard on me. I want to know some tips and tricks to get through this. Thank you.
I highly recommend the book "Loving Someone Who Has Dementia" by Pauline Boss. This one isn't a "how to" book about caregiving techniques but rather a look at the emotional impact on loved ones. Its subtite is "How to Find Hope While Coping with Stress and Grief." It helped me understand what I was going through on the nine year journey with my husband's dementia.